This documented work shows the vicissitudes that the
Spanish horse had to live through during one of the most unsettled political
& social periods in the Spanish history. It covers the years from 1700, the
year that coincides with the arrival in Spain of the Bourbon kings, until the
beginning of the 20th century. It explains the historical development of this
breed of horses which, ever since its creation in the second half of the 16th
century, kept expanding through continuous crosses carried out mainly by the
Andalusian breeders, The aim was to try to uniform the rest of the equine
population, based on the morphological & psychological characteristics for
which the Spanish horse had gained its status of being perfect... By Juan
Carlos Altamirano.